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Explain what the horizontal and vertical lines of a Fischer Projection indicate about the structure of the molecule

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Fischer Projections allow to represent the three dimensional molecular structures in two dimensional environment without the change in the properties or the structural integrity of the compound. It consists of horizontal as well as vertical lines both, where horizontal lines represent atoms which are pointed toward viewer while vertical line represents atoms which are pointed away from viewer. The point of the intersection between horizontal and vertical lines represents central carbon.

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